Just got my Resident permamente and am curious to importing household goods( i.e. beds, clothes, kitchen stuff, etc..) Remembering hearing about a one
time allowance to do so with some paperwork form from the consulate.....Is that still required or ?? Any help appreciated...thxBob and Susan - 2-16-2014 at 08:21 AM
you're better off having a BIG yard sale and starting over ...take my word
just import the rest and pay the fees
[Edited on 2-16-2014 by Bob and Susan]tecatero - 2-16-2014 at 08:24 AM
thats the way Im leaning....sell and start freshUdo - 2-16-2014 at 10:14 AM
I've had 7 yard sales, and I still have enough to fill a 20' trailer!DENNIS - 2-16-2014 at 10:18 AM
I thought they quit doing the "Menaje de Casa." Maybe not:
Bring the bare essentials, and sell everything else.
I moved to Tijuana at the end of September, and in spite of making weekly donation trips to a Salvation Army donation trailer six months before I
moved, I'm still making donation trips, but they're down to monthly. I had to pick up a few empty boxes because I ran out of them to donate "junk."
[Edited on 2-16-2014 by tjsue]Alm - 2-16-2014 at 01:24 PM
From my - very limited - experience, second-hand goods in Mexico are not nearly as abundant as NOB. Same goes for all other places SOB. Most people
are poor, they don't throw/donate anything away, they fix it and keep on using. Likely, you'll have to buy new. Local furniture is cheaper though.DENNIS - 2-16-2014 at 01:45 PM
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From my - very limited - experience, second-hand goods in Mexico are not nearly as abundant as NOB.
There is a thriving "Segunda" industry throughout the Ensenada area with a rapidly revolving inventory. Combing these stores for treasures has become
a hobby for many.
I realize their numbers will dwindle the further south you may be.dorado50 - 2-16-2014 at 07:18 PM
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I've had 7 yard sales, and I still have enough to fill a 20' trailer!
you need to lower your prices...........Udo - 2-16-2014 at 07:25 PM
I've been making between 3,000 & 5,000 per yard sale. 90% of stuff was gone each time and the rest went to thrift stores.
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Originally posted by Udo
I've had 7 yard sales, and I still have enough to fill a 20' trailer!
you need to lower your prices...........
[Edited on 2-17-2014 by Udo]Alm - 2-16-2014 at 10:53 PM
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There is a thriving "Segunda" industry throughout the Ensenada area with a rapidly revolving inventory. Combing these stores for treasures has become
a hobby for many.
Oh, please... If there is anything thriving in Mexico, it's drug trafficking and c-ckroaches
My impression has been that they are selling things - yes, in Ensenada too - that we NOB put up in the Free section on Craigs. Average prices SOB are
higher and/or choice is narrower. But, considering that most of the stuff that we fill our homes with, is unnecessary and useless items - I agree that
it's better to throw/donate/yardsale as much as possible with any move from one home to another, be it within or across the borders.
